Porch Scene

11x15 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper, Daniel Smith/DaVinci paints, another in my series of porch scenes. This one was done after a trip to Jefferson in east Texas and all elements have been altered and/or imagined.  It is painted wet in wet with 1" flat sable brush.

Garden Center Rabbit plein air vignette

Top image is 12x9 watercolor on Langston 140 lb cold press paper, done this morning plein air during our group paint out (Watercolor Horizons in Odessa, TX).  I took about 1.5 hours to sketch then paint with travel palette and outdoors gear.  Bottom image is a photo of the statue which was quite large.  Afterwards, we had lunch amongst the flowers and plants at Alldredge Gardens beautiful environment.

Sherbet Lilies

15x22 transparent watercolor on Arches 140 lb cold press, a demo done today for Snyder, TX Palette Club, located at their airport. They had requested a floral, and I was only too happy to oblige with this sherbet-hued daylily composition.  It was painted wet in wet with 1.5" brush for the most part, beginning with darks first, then midtones, then lights last.  Daniel Smith/American Journey paints were used.

Red Orange Poppy Garden

15x11 watercolor of loosely painted poppies spilling out of the garden in a wild array of colors; this is painted wet in wet on 140 lb cold press paper with Daniel Smith pigments.

Purple Garden Bench

23 x 15.75 watercolor on medium weight Yupo synthetic paper.  A pot of bougainvilleas flanks the purple painted wooden bench at my studio.  A yellow windowbox holds white and red petunias and vinca beneath the red trim of the pale yellow house.  My favorite has to be the purple shutters guarding the windows.  I used DaVinci, Daniel Smith, and WN paints.

Birds and Blooms

15x22 watercolor of fresh flowers in my studio basking in a sunny south window. The window is fake stained glass I made with a craft kit years ago.  On its top ledge sit china and glass birds collection.  This painting is SOLD.

Gardener's Bike with Poppy Patch

9x6.5 watercolor, a daily painting, of an old garden shed and the worker's bike and basket.  Photo ref courtesy Susan (WetCanvas Weekend Drawing Event).  I edited lots of the photo out such as foreground, middle ground, paraphrenalia on the bike and clutter around the shed's entrance, and top right I added blue sky.  Foreground I added multicolored poppies.  This was done within the 2 hour time limit of the WDE contest.